Atacama Tour Horseback Riding in the Desert (Half-Day Excursion)

Itinerary

5 Hour Trip

Pasos de los Toros – Death Valley

Heading north, you will pass the feet of the Pukara de Quitor pre-Incan fortress and enter the San Pedro River canyon. Following XIXth century cattle track, you will zigzag through the cliffs until the view opens out on to the valley. At the top of the cliff, you will follow the edge and enjoy incredible views of the Salt Chain formations, the San Pedro plain, the Atacama Salt Flat, and the mighty Andes mountains. You will take a massive dune down in Death Valley, where you will follow this beautiful canyon back to San Pedro.

4 Hour Trip

Quitor – Death Valley – Time Valley – Oasis

We north to Quitor Oasis and pass on the foot fo Pukara de Quitor pre-inca fortress. We cross to the Salt Chain and penetrate into a beautiful canyon, Death Valley, which ends by dunes. We come back by the same canyon and take to the foot of Salt Chain, in Time Valley canyon. We arrive to the open wide desert. We come back to the Village crossing almost all San Pedro main Oasis, its farming zone.

Béter Village

We go by Solcor Oasis and then turn the main oasis by the desert. We cross “la pampa”, sort of local savanna, with some native trees, bushes, sand, stones… a wild place in the wide desert. We arrive at Béter Village, from colonial times, eaten and destroyed by dunes. We make a pause on this peculiar site. We take our horses again and walk in Béter dunes undulations. We come back to the Village by crossing all the main Oasis, looking the native farms and cultures under the fresh native trees’ shade.

3 Hour Trip

Oasis – Time Valley

We go south by the main Oasis, place of local cultures and traditional life, under the native trees’ shade. We arrive at the end of the oasis and turn it by the desert.

We cross to the Salt Chain and take Time Valley canyon, at the foot of this chain.

Quitor – Time Valley

We go North by Quitor oasis. We pass on the foot of Pukara de Quitor pre Inca fortress. We cross to the Salt Chain and take a small and smart canyon on its foot: Time Valley. We go out to the open wide desert and come back to San Pedro by a little bit of oasis.

Quitor -Death Valley

We go North by Quitor oasis. We pass on the foot of Pukara de Quitor pre Inca fortress. We cross to the Salt Chain and penetrate into a beautiful canyon, Death Valley, which ends by dunes. We come back by the same canyon and back to San Pedro.

2 Hour Trip

Oasis

We go South to cover the different « ayllus », ancient Inca organization heritage, nowadays rural communities. It is a good occasion to discover San Pedro rural zone, its fields, irrigation system, native flora and local adobe architecture.

Time Valley

We go to Salt Chain and enter in a small canyon at the foot of it : Time Valley. It’s like as a western film! We go out this canyon to the wide desert, in the front of main oasis and the big Andes Mountains. We come back to San Pedro passing by a little bit of oasis.

Important Notes

This Atacama Tour requires a minimum of 2 people – please email us if you are traveling solo and we will try to get you in with a group! Also please note that in order to reserve this tour, we need to pay the operator immediately, so all bookings are final. If you have any questions before booking or want to confirm a certain date, please email us at info@keteka.com.

This experience must be booked and paid for in advance. Refunds will not be issued once the tour is confirmed with the guide. If you are unable to make your scheduled tour, please email info@keteka.com.

There is a weight limit for the horses of 95 kg (210 lbs) – if you weigh more than this but are interested in the tour, please email us at info@keteka.com and we will see if the tour operator can make it happen!

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